Wild boar gashes Slidell man

11:43 PM,
Feb. 3, 2014

Written by

Brian Albert Broom
bbroom@clarionledger.com

. A Louisiana man was attacked and hospitalized over the weekend by a wild boar.

According to NOLA.com, Chris Morris of Slidell was squirrel hunting near his home at the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area. Morris had three bushytails in the bag and was stalking a fourth when he encountered the pig that was only about eight feet away.

"I turned and looked, and by the time I saw it, it was 6 feet away and closing," Morris told NOLA.com. ...